Tire building apparatus



1932, N. L. WARNER TIRE BUILDING APPARATUS Filed Oct. 30, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l TIL/P777271? 7705/7 Lil/5527a? 37 MM. w W

iffys- Feb. 9, 1932. N. WARNER TIRE BUILDING APPARATUS Filed Oct. :50, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JULEfi/ZFE Una/7 L-UEEHEF j g r W j 45 27 5- Patented Ht; 9, 1932 THU 3L. DIP AKRON, @"HFNi, mfiwtifi r0 1B. 1?. GOODBJUI'I COALNY; (331 NEW YORK, IN. Y, A G OWUMEQEON 03? NEW YORK rm mirwrrfri mrmrrzs Application rm Wtt'her to, was. Bcriai- N 315,963.

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is sretinn cm iim Mt @f 3. i er t@ the drawings, 10 desigiiiitasit a building 61mm 0t W EiLiHJGWJK'i tyne mittti rrpwn the and iii a mtutubie s inriiia i "iiefl in the supparting iii-time 2 at a machine. A trmlsvrrse trot n arm is mounted in ti. smizrt HIE-@131" i EEGUTECi uptm a horizontal r00. shaft 1m iim'tieti in brackets 18 16., tipnm tht A it, tiiiz rue -sirait having" its ttKiS nit timi rigtit tangles to that at the tirum p mrtirig sipinrite i1. ffim rncket member 14 is inrrmari with it ilfitaptrii t0 engage the frame 12 iii mm primtimi 0t tia a rocket member mmi act at a my member tn prevent further rotatinn mttim ruck-shirt in that flirection. A seconoi lug 118 tiirmrd on the socket member 14 uppesite ttm Rug; 1''? is adapted to Contact with the iris 15% t0 stnp movement of the rock shaft 15) whim the latter is in the position Where tiara tmtcarryin arm 13 is disposed transrereiy 0f the tire rum 10 flbOVB the 55mm.

The; seeket member 14 also is formed with rm @ttlt pnrtion 19 to which is pivntally as cured a iatch member 20, the lower and. mi "Wiiirii is formed as a hook adapted tn trim @Wr r pin 21 reject irom a lateral err tiamriim :i orme on mm (at thri braclmtis 16 9 arrmigemei tof tilt rock rhaift, tuoirar mm and latch member 51E surh that the: 61 can he selectively p ositimied horiz'iimtmiiy timers and transwrsaiy 0i thwa tire tirwn i0, and lacked in such pusitiwn, me it can tit i'griasitiimac'tsubstantifliiy vertically and 0W1 0 star with relation t0 its pirnt 15 as Si'iUWIEl in 'iirnk an tings in Fig, *1. A mumterweigiit 9E5 siidatiiy mnuiited for adjustment on. rm arm rxmndirig from the rock fihflfi; ifi prwiried to permit my manual timii at th@ teal-carrying arm 13.

lit. pair 0f parallel bracket members $45 rmch having split elumpirig-cnilars W5 98 t rmmi in the res cti've ands therrui, are: sad

wtrbiy mcured m spasm] raiation ti mi tim trial-carrying arm 13 by means nit ta ta split rilampimgmsilm 25, the said brackrtr rxtrmd fixing rwiiaiiy from the arm 13.

A shbrt is imile 27 has its and portions inmrntrci in t a split clamping cellars 2% mt tiiia respective bracket members 24, 24, strict rpiridie beii dis osed EB-I'Slifil to the arm 113, Mid angular y a justa 10, Within the clamp members Q8.

A straw 3051s mounted rpm the apindita 27! between the brackets 24, 24, midis securtfil t0 tia a spindles by pins 31, 31. The shares 36 it :tnrmed-with a pair of laterally-ensuring inurimi-brackets 32, 32, :Eor a pair of reciprucable siidemxls 33, 33 the rods being diir is secured at it3li1id etc the lower ends at the slide-rods 33, with the leg portions of the ihannel directed toward the building drum The arrangement of the bracket members 24 on the arm 13 and the spindle 27 in the brackets 24 is such that the slide-rods 33 may be adjusted as totlieir angularity with relation to the building drum, preferably being radial thereto as shown rods 33 may be adjusted toward and away from the drum to permit theuse of drums of different sizes.

For sliding the rods 33 within the guidemembers 35, I provide a lever 39 ivoted ad j acent its middle upon a pin 41, w ich has its respective ends secured .in split clampin members 42, 42, adjustably secured upon t e rods 33 by bolts 43, 43. One end of the lever 39 is provided with a handle 40 and its other end, 44 is adapted to restupon the pivot rod 36 when the handle is in its uppermost osition. The lever 39 is interconnected wit I the rod 36 at each side of the end portion44 of the lever by means of link members 45, 45 each having their ends pivotall connected respectively with the rod 36 and, y means of a pin 46, with an outstanding ear located on the lever 39 between its end portion 44 and the pin 41, the pin 46 being disposed over center with relationto a line passing through the pin 41 and the rod 33 so that the lever 39 w1ll remain fixed in the elevated position shown in full lines in- Fig. 3 when so positioned by the operator.

For operating upon the marginal portions of a band of tire-building material mounted on the drum 10 I provide a pair of stitcher discs 47, 47, journalled on respective axles 48, 48 mounted in the angular free ends of a pair of tool-supportin lever arms 49, 49, the latter being pivota ly mounted adjacent their opposite ends, within the channel member 38, upon bolts 51, 51, the end portions of which extend "through respective pairsof parallel longitudinal slots 52, 52, in the sides of the channel member and are secured exteriorly thereof by nuts '52, 52", The construction permits lateral adjustment of the arms 49 to accommodate them to tire drums of different widths. y I

The pivoted end of each lever arm 49 has a sloping shoulder 53 adapted to bear a ainst the under surface of the channel member to limit the pivotal-movement of the free ends of the lever arms toward each other, so that in their normal position, when the bar 13 is lowered over the drum 10, the lever arms diverge in the direction from their axes toward the drum, and have their free ends disposed at eachside of the medial plane of the latter.

The angularity of the free ends of the lever arms 49 provides for inclining the stitcher discs so that each will be approximately normal to the respective sloping marginal portions of the tire building drum as they come (Fig. 3), and the,

into contact therewith, and so that the stitching will be'largely accomplished by the peri heral margins of the stitcher tools.

ach of the axles 48 has an end-flange 55'- serving as a retaining late for the stitcherdisc 47 thereon, and is ormed with a threaded stem 56 extending throu h the end portion of the lever 49 and provide with a retaining nut 57. The end portion of the stem 56 is formed with an aperture 58 for a purpose presently to be described.

The lever-arm's 49 are normally urged r0- tatively upon their pivots to move their free ends toward each other by means of respective tension s rings 59, 59, each of which has one of its en s looped through the aperture 58 in an axle-stem 56, and has its other end secured to one end of a turnbuckle 60. The

other end of the latter is connected to one support for the chains 61 intermediate their ends. The grooves in the respective sheaves- 63 are at opposite sides of their medial planes (see Fig. 3) so that the chains 61, turnbuckles 60 and springs 59 lie in different planes and there is no contact between the turnbuckles where they cross each other. The arrange mentis such that the lever arms 49 may be adjusted laterally, in opposite directions, to operate with tire-drums of different widths, without altering the tension of the springs 59.

The mechanism for supporting and manipulating the stitcher-discs 47 is adjustableas a unit longitudinally of the armi13 so as to perm-it its being centrally positioned with relation to the drum. In the inoperative position of the apparatus the lever 39 occup es the full-line position of Fig. 3 with relation tothe slide-rods 33, the freeends of the lever arms 49 are urged toward each other by the springs 59, and the, arm 13occupies the raised position indicated by the broken lines of Flg.

1 to permit access to the work by the operator. i

In the operation of my improved apparatus, a partly built tire structure being in,

position on the rotating drum 10 and ready to have a ply of fabric stitchedthereupon, the arm 13 is manually lowered to the full line position of Figs. 1 and 3, and there the lever 39 is manually urged toward the broken-line position of Fig. 3. Downward pressure upon the handle 40 moves the slide-rods 33 downwardly in the journals 33, and carries the stitcher members 47 radially of the drum 10 into forceful engagement with the upper surface of the tire structure mounted thereon adjacent the margins thereof. Because of the normal angularity of thelever-arms 49 with relation to the drum 10 and the resistance to. change of such angularity exerted message by the springs 59, the resultant force applied to the tire-structure on the rotating drum is oblique and in a dii'ection toward the respective margins of said fire-structure.

The radial component of sai Oblique force cucrts rolling pressure circumi'erentiully of tire structure on the latter rotates to comthe plies thereof and to displace any sir cupped between said plies. "lhe trans e or horizontal component oi the oblique torce ceuses the stitchei' discs 17 to feed out lit towurd the mar ins oi the drum ll) hci'eb progressiueiy to uppity rolling sure to the tire structure in the direction is, end concurrently to chect u of the tire tubric posi e diicctions roni its middle to i n. cud smooth said iuhi'ic.

force oi the increasing rcsistunce oil cringe us they elongate is substuniy compcnsutcd tor by the decreasing mont of the pivoted levers 49 about the pivots which reduces their mechanical adventugc with the result that the pressure upon thtoughout the treated urea.

The outward wiping of the fabric margins is continued along the radially-disposed shouldered marginal portions and along the ti t sloping margins of the tire-building drum, the circuniterentiul marginal edge of each stitchci moving" along the surtuce of the co dially-disposed shouldered portion oi the drum at on inclination of about to the surtucc thereot so us to stitch smoothly the suid surface end prevent the formation of wrinkles therein,

the stitching discs pass from the respective side mergins of the tire structure, the operator causes the handle 40 to the toll-line position oi? 3 to remove the stitching mechanism trom the work, and then raises the urm to the hrolzen line position of Fig. l to permit unhampered the subsequent op crations ot completing'the tire.

The stitching pressure applied by the discs is controlled by adjusting the tension on the springs 59 by means of the turnbucldes 60,

the upparutus is adjustable for uccommodoting tire structures of various widths and vurious diameters, and uniform stitching pressure readily may be maintained during successive stitching operations, and at all times during a single stitching operation,

The two stitcher members can be used simultaneously as shown, or they can be used independently of each other ut different times,

My invention is susceptible of modification within the scope of the appended claims.

i claim:

it. Tire building apparatus comprising a i'otatably supported fire-building form, s rotary stitchin member, means operable by tire structure is substantially uniform pressure opp iod radially of the form for ressin the stitcher against the form and or yie dingly resisting concurrent induced movement of the stitcher member in the direction toward a marginal portion of the form.

2. Apparatus as defined in claim 1 including yie ding means for determinin the minimum stitching force used and a opted to uniformly resist the said movement 0 the stitcher members induced by the stitcher moving means. i

3. Apparatus as defined in cluim 1 including s tension spring adapted to resist the said movement oi the stitcher'member toward a marginal portion of the form with a force that is substantially uniform as the said movement proceeds iirre building apparatus com rising rotutobly-supported tire building own, a tool-supporting member disposed ubove and transversely of the form, means for ositioning the tool supporting member ra iallytoword and away from the form, and means including an over-center fulcrum for selectivcly securing the tool-supporting member in either of said positions.

5.. Tire building apparatus comprising an rotatably supported tire-building form, a tool-carrying arm positionable above and transversely across the said form, a, spin dle disposed parallel to the arm and adjustcblyconnected therewith for movement in an orbit about the latter, a sleeve on said spindle having an offset bearing portion disposed ut right angles to the spindle, and a tool-supporting member mounted in the said ofiset bearing portion of the sleeve and adapted to he moved toward and away from the torm.-

d. Tire-bui1ding apparatus comprising a, rotatabl -supported tire building form, means or progressively stitching down u fabric ly u n a tire structure on said form in the direction of a margin thereof while the form is rotated, and means for controlling the minimum pressing force applied by the stitching means.

7. Tire buildin apparatus as defined in claim 6 in which t e force controlling means includes a tension spring, and means for varyin the tension in the spring.

8.. Tire-building apparatus comprising a rotatably-supported tire-building form, is stitcher member rotatably mounted adjacent a tire structure upon said form and adapted pressingly to engage the tire structure and Eli ltd

to be moved laterally across the surface theresaid support, and yieldin means connecting the free end of each too -carryin member with the pivot-end of the other too -c arrying member.

V "'10. Tire-building apparatus asdefined in claim 9 in which the arrangement of said yielding means is such that the pivots of the tool-carrying members may be concurrently moved toward oraway from each other with- 10 out varying the force of said yielding means. 11. Tire building apparatus comprisin a rotatable tire-building form, a channel ed tool-supporting member adapted to be disposed transversely of the form and to be I moved radially of the latter, and formed with transversely and longitudinally aligned slots in its respective sides, a pair of tool-mounting members each having one of its ends pivotally secured in slots in the respective sides of the tool-supporting member for adjustment along the said slots, and a rotatable tool upon the free end of each tool mounting member.

12'. Tire-building apparatus as defined in 35 claim 11 including yielding means for urging the tool-mounting members in one direction about their pivots. y 13. Tire building apparatus comprising a tire-building form, a support mounted for movement toward and trom the form, a tool arm hinged on said support for movement transverse to the form, a spring so interposed 'operatively between said support and said arm as to urge the outer end of the arm toward the middle circumferential zone of the form, means for stopping said arm in an oblique position against the force of the spring, and a tire tool mounted on the outer end of said arm. 40 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of October, 1928.

NOAH L. WARNER. 

